I rode one of these when I was about 14 years old. Had just went from a little drz125 dirtbjke and it took me a whopping 10 seconds to realize what true power was. Ever since, I was hooked. Hitting 5th gear on a built ds650 is still the fastest thing I've ever ridden, bar none. Now I'm 27, trying to find one of these old beast to get that feeling again. Glad to see there still alive.
Just pulled a 2000 model out of the woods of Kentucky got the lights to come on yesterday and the starter was bad so I’m getting close to getting to rip one of these beasts!
Fastest baddest most powerful production quad ever built for purchase in the public for its day. This thing whooped the old Raptor 660s when they came out and the 400exs lol
@@sh3m801 had to redo the whole front suspension since the person we bought it from, instead of buying new bushings for the shocks decided to use bits of old dry rotted oil line chopped the right size as shock bushings.
@@x.sleepy yea I saw that, most things are intact cosmetically, figured out the electric issue but haven’t had it turn over yet. Hope it has compression!
Just picked one of these beasts up, my first real quad! Recently bought a trike and a little gio with a 200cc honde engine, so this is a big step up. The guy that sold me the DS650 didn't tell me that it had an issue of shutting down after the engine warmed up though. So I ended up buying a new cdi and a couple of ignition coils for it. Hopefully they solve the problem for me. I've been itching to ride, but I have to wait a few more weeks for the parts to arrive.
@@unclejacksoutdoors728 unfortunately not yet. Seems the problem went deeper than I had thought. Had to pull the engine apart and change the valve shims on the intake side. Now I am just waiting on getting a new set of shims to put in. There was no gap at all, which was probably a lot of the battle. Hard for the engine to run without air
great vid ,seeing how u know these real well ,i have a 2000 ds 650 engine in a lifted golf cart and ther are a few hoses that im not to sure where they go.can i ask u a few questions?
Hey plz post more of the ds650 I need some advice on rebuilding you seem to know what your doing and I want in own your secrets lol do another video on it I’m sure a lot of other people would like to know as well there’s not much info about them like you would think there is, but info it’s hard to come by thanks and love the videos I’m trying to fix mine so I can start a UA-cam on this channel but If you have any parts I could buy an where did you get your parts? I have two ds650s one yellow one like yours and the black one the both say 2000 on the frame they’re made a month apart, and they also both say 2001 under the seat so I’m guessing it’s a 2000 model. I paid $200 for one and $400 for the other one but I traded a old thunder kart for it so I paid around $800 basically for the yellow one they both dropped a valve but imma fix when I find a head for mine. My buddy has the 2004 ds650 Baja mine looks like the Baja just yellow I added the fog lights and all the good parts like that to make it look more awesome than it already is.
Hi uncle Jack! Sick video you got my like and i subscribed💯 i bought a year ago a 2002 ds650 baja for 2900$ im 34 its my 1st quad ever and im in love with this beast! I would like to know what exhaust you have installed it sounds nothing like mine lmao
2024 and I just picked up a minty 2007 ds650x, vinyl still on the skid plates! all it needs is a dang countershaft seal to fix a small oil leak when hot...
This is the quadzilla lol the DS shitted on the LT500 back in the day. DOHC and liquid cooled had WAY more power than the quadzilla could ever put out and it was a 4 stroke. You can’t beat Da bomb.
I rode one of these when I was about 14 years old. Had just went from a little drz125 dirtbjke and it took me a whopping 10 seconds to realize what true power was. Ever since, I was hooked. Hitting 5th gear on a built ds650 is still the fastest thing I've ever ridden, bar none. Now I'm 27, trying to find one of these old beast to get that feeling again. Glad to see there still alive.
Just pulled a 2000 model out of the woods of Kentucky got the lights to come on yesterday and the starter was bad so I’m getting close to getting to rip one of these beasts!
Fastest baddest most powerful production quad ever built for purchase in the public for its day. This thing whooped the old Raptor 660s when they came out and the 400exs lol
I have 2006... You're a really good driver, props
in the prosses of fixing one, glad to see other people still ride these beasts
what is wrong with yours?
@@sh3m801 had to redo the whole front suspension since the person we bought it from, instead of buying new bushings for the shocks decided to use bits of old dry rotted oil line chopped the right size as shock bushings.
Just pulled one out the woods got the lights on yesterday, bad starter and a little coolant leak but I think in about a week she’ll be ready to go!
@@hhstarwars glad to hear it man these things are beasts sadly parts are a bit harder to come by but engine wise it uses a more common bmw engine
@@x.sleepy yea I saw that, most things are intact cosmetically, figured out the electric issue but haven’t had it turn over yet. Hope it has compression!
i’m 17 and i just traded my bored out 300ex for this and this thing a menace to the trails i love this thing and it even catches up to card
I also went from a 300 ex to a DS when I was 17.
That was 1999. Learn how to work on the rear axle carrier and regular maintenance. Full Send
Just picked one of these beasts up, my first real quad! Recently bought a trike and a little gio with a 200cc honde engine, so this is a big step up. The guy that sold me the DS650 didn't tell me that it had an issue of shutting down after the engine warmed up though. So I ended up buying a new cdi and a couple of ignition coils for it. Hopefully they solve the problem for me. I've been itching to ride, but I have to wait a few more weeks for the parts to arrive.
Did you get it running?
@@unclejacksoutdoors728 unfortunately not yet. Seems the problem went deeper than I had thought. Had to pull the engine apart and change the valve shims on the intake side. Now I am just waiting on getting a new set of shims to put in. There was no gap at all, which was probably a lot of the battle. Hard for the engine to run without air
Awesome. I was going to say, pretty sure you had that quad when we were in HS.
Ben, Thanks for watching.
great vid ,seeing how u know these real well ,i have a 2000 ds 650 engine in a lifted golf cart and ther are a few hoses that im not to sure where they go.can i ask u a few questions?
Got any videos of it?
Awesome
Hey plz post more of the ds650 I need some advice on rebuilding you seem to know what your doing and I want in own your secrets lol do another video on it I’m sure a lot of other people would like to know as well there’s not much info about them like you would think there is, but info it’s hard to come by thanks and love the videos I’m trying to fix mine so I can start a UA-cam on this channel but If you have any parts I could buy an where did you get your parts? I have two ds650s one yellow one like yours and the black one the both say 2000 on the frame they’re made a month apart, and they also both say 2001 under the seat so I’m guessing it’s a 2000 model. I paid $200 for one and $400 for the other one but I traded a old thunder kart for it so I paid around $800 basically for the yellow one they both dropped a valve but imma fix when I find a head for mine. My buddy has the 2004 ds650 Baja mine looks like the Baja just yellow I added the fog lights and all the good parts like that to make it look more awesome than it already is.
could you recommend a site on where to buy the parts to rebuild the motor on one of these? did you stick to stock bore/stroke and crank?
Ebay. All day. Never cracked open the motor. Smokes a little, and the valve clearances are tight.
@@unclejacksoutdoors728 Nice! Besides the smoke, does it still run strong?
Hi uncle Jack! Sick video you got my like and i subscribed💯 i bought a year ago a 2002 ds650 baja for 2900$ im 34 its my 1st quad ever and im in love with this beast! I would like to know what exhaust you have installed it sounds nothing like mine lmao
It looks like OEM exhaust. I think the baffle material might be burned out. That's why it sounds like that.
Stock exhaust with the baffles removed.
Thanks for the replies guys 🤙🏽
I went and got me a hmf exhaust, best purchase so far 👌🏽
What’s a good price to pay on one of these I’m thinking of getting one for my dad he had to sell his when my parents split
I have 3K in this. $750 was the rebuild.
man any idea where to find a countershaft seal for one of these???
2024 and I just picked up a minty 2007 ds650x, vinyl still on the skid plates! all it needs is a dang countershaft seal to fix a small oil leak when hot...
Flowers? We dont need no stinking flowers! ...but... can it skip across a pond?
I don't see a suzuki lt500 anywhere in this video so where is the quadzilla......
I'm old enough to know better.
This is the quadzilla lol the DS shitted on the LT500 back in the day. DOHC and liquid cooled had WAY more power than the quadzilla could ever put out and it was a 4 stroke. You can’t beat Da bomb.
Don't suppose you'd make a oil changing video
Lol 😂